Master Druid at Hogwarts

Chapter 176 At Lihen Bookstore

"You are the first wizard to be satisfied with our minecart service!"

Fitzbabb said pleasantly: "Other wizards always dislike them for being too fast, but..."

"Time is money, my friend!"

The goblin shook his head, very dissatisfied with the wizards' behavior of not cherishing time.

Professor McGonagall twitched the corners of his mouth and interrupted the conversation between the two, "In this case, let's not waste time and quickly take out my money."

Then she turned to Fish and said, "We can sit again when we go back."

Professor McGonagall's voice didn't sound very happy, but she still forced a smile and said, "After we go out, we'll buy you new clothes and textbooks, and then we'll go to Florin's Cold Drink Shop to eat ice cream."

Apart from the fact that Fish had been promised a long time ago, Professor McGonagall also felt that she needed something cold to calm down her churning stomach.

"Okay meow!" (●ΦωΦ●)
Compared with ice cream, the fast minecart is not so important. If you want to "drive the car", Fish can also go to the Forbidden Forest to find thestrals and unicorns.

At this time, Fitzbub also unlocked the door, and a green smoke was sprayed from the door. It could stun the person who broke into the vault and send an alarm to the guards of Gringotts. One of the defense methods of the cabinet.

But in fact, the symbolic meaning of this smoke is a bit more, because as long as there is a little bit of ability, or wizards who have some knowledge of Gringotts, they will not fall into this simple trap, and its effect is not even as good as the vault door itself.

This is also related to the fact that Professor McGonagall's treasury belongs to the group with low security level.

In Gringotts, the more important the vault, the lower the location, and the vault door no longer uses keys, but requires certified goblins to knock on the door gently to make it disappear bit by bit.

Anyone other than the goblins of Gringotts who touches the door will be sucked in by the door, trapped in it and unable to get out.

And the vaults of the ancient families that have been passed down to this day are guarded by fire dragons and sphinxes. In addition, there are a series of anti-theft measures such as anti-thief waterfalls, using duplication spells and fire spells on the vaults.

Of course, these are all extra money, and the goblins will not provide free services just because of the status of the wizard - even Voldemort couldn't do this kind of thing back then.

When the smoke dissipated, Fish followed Professor McGonagall into the vault, where gold and silver shone together, and there were basically no copper nuts to be seen.

Professor McGonagall doesn't usually spend much money, and his savings over the years are still considerable.

She casually grabbed a handful of Gold Galleons and a handful of Silver Sickles from the vault, put them in her small handbag, then picked up Fish who was scrambling among the piles of gold coins, and left the vault.

After another thrilling minecart run, the two returned to the Gringotts hall, and walked out of the gate respectfully escorted by two goblin guards.

They first came to Mrs. Malkin's gown shop, and the short and fat Mrs. Malkin entertained them warmly.

"Your ears and tail are so cute."

Just like everyone else, Mrs. Malkin couldn't resist the temptation of Fish's cat ears. She touched Fish's ears and tail several times while taking his measurements.

Then when the kitten became impatient and the tail hair was slightly blown up, the measurement was decisively ended.

Those who open the door to do business have no eyesight.

After finishing the completely unnecessary measurements, Mrs. Malkin took out two sets of clothes with slightly different sizes, and said to Professor McGonagall: "If there is any discomfort in wearing it, please feel free to bring Fish over here, and I will give it to you again." He changed."

Then they went to buy some potion materials, as well as consumables such as parchment, quills, ink, etc., and finally entered the Lihen Bookstore.

At this time, there were no customers in Lihen Bookstore, but the managers and shop assistants were all busy. They kept moving a large number of the same books to the most prominent positions in the bookstore, and pasted posters all over the walls. .

It was the same man on the posters, a handsome man with wavy blond hair and Dumbledore's blue eyes, dressed in very dressy lilac-colored robes and a pointed wizard hat of the same color playfully askew Wear it on your head.

When Fish and Professor McGonagall just stepped into the store, the man on all the posters blinked and smiled at him and Minerva simultaneously, showing a mouthful of neat and white teeth.

However, when Professor McGonagall saw this handsome man, he had an extremely disgusted expression on his face.

Fish, on the other hand, doesn't care whether the other person is handsome or not. To be precise, he doesn't think there is any difference between this person and other humans. The only thing that makes Fish a little interested is... this person's teeth are very white, Maybe the fight will be pretty tough.

Although the opponent's teeth are not sharp, they look strong and healthy enough. In the evaluation system of cats, cats with good teeth are usually very good at fighting, otherwise they will not take the initiative when fighting Showing its fangs to deter the enemy.

Professor McGonagall knocked on the side bookshelf irritably, reminding the customers in the store to keep their eyes away from those posters that look like mental pollution - this is obviously more difficult, because Gilderoy Lockhart's Posters are posted everywhere.

And it would be too rude to keep staring at the ground. Professor McGonagall's self-cultivation does not allow her to do so, so she can only hope that this shopping will end as soon as possible.

"Professor McGonagall! Welcome!"

When the manager of Lihen Bookstore heard the noise, he got out of his busy schedule and came in front of Professor McGonagall and Fish.

"Fish is here too!" The manager rubbed his hands excitedly, forcibly moved his gaze away from the quivering cat ears, and then asked like a cannonball, "How does Hogwarts campus life feel?" ? Are you here to buy new textbooks today? Do you want a poster of Mr. Lockhart? I can give you one at my discretion."

Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall did not appreciate his kindness.

"Thank you, but you don't have to."

Professor McGonagall resolutely rejected the manager's gift for Fish, and quickly said: "I will take Fish to eat later, please hurry up, a copy of "Standard Spells, Level [-]" and... Hart's seven books."

"OK, just a second."

The manager noticed Professor McGonagall's attitude towards Lockhart very perceptively, so he stopped mentioning the poster and turned around to search in the bookshelf.

Lockhart's seven books were easy to find, and they were all placed in the most prominent positions, but the other books were piled in a corner before they had time to sort them out to make room for Lockhart's signing.

The manager called two clerks, and after a lot of effort in the pile of books, he found "Standard Spells, Level [-]".

"Chenghui, 36 Galleons."

Putting a thick stack of books in front of Professor McGonagall, the manager wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Then Professor McGonagall's expression became even more disdainful.

Miranda Goshawk's standard series of spells has always been one Galleon, which has not changed for many years, and Gilderoy Lockhart, an ignorant guy, actually sells five books for one book. Garen...

What on earth was Dumbledore thinking, how did he invite such a bastard to be his teacher!

With a dark face, Professor McGonagall took out 36 gold coins from his bag and handed them to the manager, then stuffed the eight books into his small handbag that had cast the Untraceable Stretching Charm, and shouted at Fisher : "Fish, let's go, let's eat ice cream!"

"Meow!" (●≧≦●)
Throwing away the "I Can Be Magical" in his hand, Fish quickly rushed to Professor McGonagall, but his behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of Lockhart on all the posters.

It's just that at this time, Professor McGonagall had already left Lihen Bookstore with Fish, leaving only the bunch of Lockharts on the poster sulking.

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　I couldn't find the name of the manager of Lihen Bookstore. I originally wanted to use William Sack. (The actor in the movie "Notting Hill" is also the owner of the bookstore)

　　But after thinking about it, I felt that it was not very appropriate, so I directly called the manager according to the original book.

　　The English of Lihen Bookstore is Flourish and Blotts, the literal translation is "gorgeous rhetoric and ink stains", and Humanities Publishing House simplified it to "Lihen".

　　But there is another theory that Lihen Bookstore is actually the name of the two shop owners, because this naming method is very popular in Diagon Alley and even Knockturn Alley.

　　And there are quite a few shops with puns in their names like this in Diagon Alley.

　　For example, malkin means sloppy woman, and Slug and Jiggers (Slug and Jiggers), even slugs and a small measuring cup, are also related to potions.

　　So such a guess is quite reasonable.

　　……

　　Thanks to the calcium oxide zoo and Liu Yuchengtian for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)